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Hello,

I am having my driving way extended (widen). Part of the extension will have concrete pour through the side of my house. I am looking to have a swing gate on the side of the house about 10 ft. wide (currently there is a block wall and a 3 ft gate).

Since the concrete guy will be pouring Friday, I don't have much flexibility to get quotes for the iron gate. If I have them install square metal posts on each end and later want to install (build my own) wooden swing gates, would lag screw work well?

I have built gates but the posts have been wood. Another option is put vinyl post over the metal post which I have done.



Thanks,
TT
 
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You don’t want to use lag screws into metal posts you want to weld on tap blocks or drill and tap the metal posts depending on what skills you have with metal working.

What size posts are you planning and how deep? Will they be square tubing or round?

They also make hardware that clamps to poles for gate hinges etc. most of it is made for farm usage.
 
bud16415 said:
You don’t want to use lag screws into metal posts you want to weld on tap blocks or drill and tap the metal posts depending on what skills you have with metal working.

What size posts are you planning and how deep? Will they be square tubing or round?

They also make hardware that clamps to poles for gate hinges etc. most of it is made for farm usage.
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I don't know yet. Whatever is available at the store. Quick questions. If I go with vinyl fencing. Do you use wood posts and then vinyl over it? I never install swing door using vinyl but have done fencing where I put metal post and then placed vinyl over it. I had to use special concrete screw as a result of filling the open space with concrete inside (not sure if swing gate is a good method this way vs using wood inside).

TT
 
Vinyl has no real strength to speak of for anything structural. I put up a vinyl fence once as a decorative feature and they suggested filling the poles on that. I never did and its doing fine after 15 years. for a big heavy gate 10’ across you need some serious materials anchored into the ground quite well.

There are systems that use vinyl over wood and steel and all the parts are made to work together. You will have to talk to a specialist about those things.
 
bud16415 said:
Vinyl has no real strength to speak of for anything structural. I put up a vinyl fence once as a decorative feature and they suggested filling the poles on that. I never did and its doing fine after 15 years. for a big heavy gate 10’ across you need some serious materials anchored into the ground quite well.

There are systems that use vinyl over wood and steel and all the parts are made to work together. You will have to talk to a specialist about those things.
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Thanks bud!. I just stopped at HD. I saw the 2x2 metal post for Iron gates. Since they are so light vs wood, would those be ideal to just mount them to exterior of the wall of the house on one end and the other end onto the concrete wall? Maximum wide of the swing gate is 10ft (2x5).
 
It’s very hard to advise unless we know what your house and wall look like and an idea of what the gate is going to be. Can you find a picture on line of something you are thinking you want your gate to look like and then post a photo of what you have now and where you want it to go between.
 
I called a few places dealing with iron gates. They told me I don't need to have the posts bury. The posts can be attached to the block wall or exterior side of the house.
 
They can as long as the house or wall can take the weight. They have no idea over the phone how strong the corner of the house is anymore than we can recommend over the Internet. Did they say how much the 10 foot gate will weigh?


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When in doubt plant pipe like 6" abs with a cap on the top and raise it so the concrete will just cover the cap by an inch. If needed, chip away concrete and break thru cap and plant your post with a little concrete.
 
nealtw said:
When in doubt plant pipe like 6" abs with a cap on the top and raise it so the concrete will just cover the cap by an inch. If needed, chip away concrete and break thru cap and plant your post with a little concrete.
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Very good idea.
 
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